Gordon Legge Explores the Science and Experience of Vision Loss in His Newly Published Book
Gordon Legge, faculty, is the author of the new book entitled, “Low Vision: What It's Like to Live with Vision Loss.” With his in-depth knowledge of visual perception from a cognitive neuroscience perspective, he has spent his career investigating the role of vision in vital life activities, including reading, mobility and object recognition.
Legge’s new book offers a closer look at what it means to live with, or live with someone who has, low vision, exploring the wide range of visual impairments such individuals experience and the everyday challenges and solutions they encounter. Low vision can be described as any form of vision impairment not correctable by glasses or contacts, and covers the wide spectrum between normal vision and total blindness. The number of people with low vision is rising rapidly as our population ages, and almost everyone has, or will have, a family member with low vision. Thus, Legge’s book comes at a critical time, helping society to better prepare for and adjust to the needs of a growing number of people with low vision.
Gordon Legge, PhD, is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota; Director of the Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research, and co-developed the MNREAD reading-acuity chart.
Composed by Nguyen Kiet Pham, communications assistant.
